Title from container. Lecturer, Professor Eamonn Gearon, Johns Hopkins University. "Course no. 8340." 36 lectures (30 min. each). Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-307).
Contents:
Disc 6. The last caliphate falls, 1924. Muhammad and the dawn of Islam, 622 -- Arab invasion of North Africa, 639 -- Umayyad caliphate in Damascus, 661 -- Battle of Karbala, 680 -- Arab invasion of Andalusia, 711 -- Disc 2. Battle of Talas, 751 -- The founding of Baghdad, 762 -- Islamic Golden Age begins, 813 -- Qairouan University, 859 -- The Fatimids of Cairo, 969 -- Umayyad exile in Cordoba, 784-1031 -- Disc 3. Al Ghazali and orthodoxy, 1090 -- Crusaders capture Jerusalem, 1099 -- Muslims in the court of Roger II, 1130 -- Saladin : chivalry and conquest, 1187 -- The Egyptian Mamluks, 1250 -- Mongols sack Baghdad, 1258 -- Disc 4. Ottoman Empire rises, 1299 -- Mansa Musa, richest man, 1324 -- Ibn Khaldun's masterpiece, 1377 -- Ottomans seize Constantinople, 1453 -- Fall of Granada, 1492 -- Safavid dynasty of Persia, 1501-- Disc 5. Selim the Grim, 1512 -- Suleiman the Magnificent, 1520 -- Second Siege of Vienna, 1683 -- The Saud-Wahhab Pact, 1744 -- Napoleon invades Egypt, 1798 -- Murder at the Citadel, 1811 -- Disc 6. French invasion of Algeria, 1830 -- East India Company in Yemen, 1839 -- Egypt, Europe, and the Suez Canal, 1869 -- Discovering Middle East Oil, 1908 -- World War I in the desert, 1914 -- The last caliphate falls, 1924.
Summary:
Discover the majestic cultures and astonishing history of the Middle East, looking behind the headlines to understand this significant region.
Series:
The great courses (DVD). History. Civilization & Culture
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